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(Pertaining to Christianity and Catholicism.)Has anyone ever received a satisfactory answer (from a believer) of how Hell and a Benevolent God can be compatible? The more I think about that one, the…Continue

Hello everyone! My name is Steve and I'm from southwest Pennsylvania (USA). I've been a non-believer for... well, ever. My parents believe in God (the Christian one) but it never really made sense to…Continue

"Buddhism places a lot of emphasis on surrendering to the present moment, or accepting the "now". It's really the mind's dissatisfaction that causes all of our problems, and we're always thinking about how things…"

"It's not that we don't freely make choices, we do... it's just that our choices, and our decision-making process, are all intertwined and depend on the conditions of each moment, and so in theory they are deterministic (it happens so…"

"Depends on what "higher power" even means. As Arthur C. Clarke once said (I think), any sufficiently advanced technology would be indistinguishable from magic. Advanced alien species could make us think they were gods. Generally I turn…"

"What matters is that the government was in no way involved. There's no law saying we have to tolerate anything; I think the issue is one of freedom of speech, but that doesn't protect people from repercussions by others or by employers."

"Almost sounds like she could benefit from seeing this post, maybe from knowing that you care enough that you're describing her entire life (which she may not see in perspective) to total strangers on the internet to try and help her."

"It's much more powerful if you actually give the top reasons that you believe this yourself, instead of leaving that as separate links; I was reading your post, hoping for something more, and I think many people (like me) will just forego…"

"I think I felt the same way, like if I can tell that this is just a fantastical story and it doesn't have any justification (evidence etc.), why do the adults believe it? I think really some of us just don't grow up; "adult"…"

"I still think the idea that humans were a special creation in the image of the creator of the universe, which we now know is unimaginably huge and populated with countless stars, planets of other phenomena (in countless galaxies)... that's…"

"Yeah and a Fox News host went nuts about it. People shouldn't take religion so seriously that they flip out over how unseriously other people take theirs, and they certainly shouldn't expect to be the only ones to celebrate the winter…"

"I've been thinking the same thing lately; it's why I finally have decided to call myself a Buddhist (though I don't believe in any of the extraneous supernatural stuff). It cuts through more confusion than atheist, because atheist…"

I've been around Buddhist teachings for years; the truths about the transient and selfless nature of reality and how the mind creates suffering due to ignorance of reality and cravings based on that ignorance... it spoke to me. I took up meditation (sometimes) and continued to study, and eventually become a moderator on a Buddhist forum that was open to people of all traditions (and none), which gave me plenty of variance in individual perspectives on what the Buddha taught. I didn't believe in…See More

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I've been around Buddhist teachings for years; the truths about the transient and selfless nature of reality and how the mind creates suffering due to ignorance of reality and cravings based on that ignorance... it spoke to me. I took up meditation (sometimes) and continued to study, and eventually become a moderator on a Buddhist forum that was open to people of all traditions (and none), which gave me plenty of variance in individual perspectives on what the Buddha taught. I didn't believe…